Sooo, on this page you can see how we all live. I am using the term 'cat rooms' rather loosely. The 'food station' is always open, and the delivery room doubles as a guest room when not needed otherwise, but it is an ideal baby room, because I no longer need to spend a night on the floor/belly now, and can curl up with Mommie-to-be in the specially prepared bed. Now we can spend the
last few days awaiting the kits in comfort, as well as the first week or so to provide extra comfort. After that, Momma and kits get reintroduced and everything goes. The deliver room is open to all when not in use, much to the delight of passing pedestrians who can view them all lounging in the sunny window sill or the comfy cat tree right in front of it, and are often seen stopping and waving to our fur babies, who seem to like the show and often reply with waves of their own. Definately the most sought after room (because of the sunny side) the girls are comfortable with it way before they need to remain in it for a bit have no problem using it as their kitten delivery station (the last few days they are separated to give them piece and quiet).

Otherwise, our house is separated in half into living and sleeping quarters, each section with several big rooms (the delivery room is part of the sleeping area), which allows separation when/if needed. During the day, all doors except the bedroom are open, and allow for perfect interaction of the whole gang. They are following us around, wherever WE are anyway. At night, they join us in the bedroom, whilst the stud goes into 'his' sleeping quarters, the 'food station'. They would choose this setting (we tested that several times) voluntarily anyway, but it allows a bit of control when things get interesting, and minimize spraying of an unsupervised potent stud. Unfortunately, 'studly' is now only allowed into the bed (an hour or two at night) wearing a diaper, as he has started to mark his territory, but he still gets his cuddle time and seems rather content with our solution. He greets us even more enthusiastically in the mornings, jumping onto the windowsill to get his diaper on and be let out (lol). He knows the drill, and has even learned to let us know he's 'got to go' or failing our immediate attention, that it is time to change the nappy (here, smell my butt, see? Now do something about it)

Coming attraction this summer: Outside quarters (we are planning and plotting). A few meters in front of the living room windows will be made cat safe (so no outside visitors can make contact). The base covered with tiles is already done, now we are looking at a glass bottom wall and net toppings for ultimate sun time. When the garden, eventually, is fenced in so no roaming cats can enter the property (1.5 meter walls and 3 meter thuja hedges are no deterrant for a cat in search of amore), the huge garden will also become a possible playground in summer. I can anticipate that when I'm outside gardening, they will want to join me, but at the moment that is not safe enough, so thats a work in progress.